#cabbagetree — Public Fediverse posts

The flowers on my cabbage trees (Cordyline australis / Māori: tī kōuka) are really going off this year. Not only are they more profuse than usual, they're huge. It's going to be a highly perfumed start to summer.

#CabbageTree #Dunedin #Climate #MyPhoto #Nature

Now that the explosions of yellow are about done from the kōwhai trees, it's time for natural fireworks from our tī kōuka NZ cabbage trees.

Like kōwhai, it's shaping up to be a big flowering year for tī kōuka. This is popular with the bees, and will be later with the kererū when there's lots of fruit.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/321791076

#spring #nz #BloomScrolling #flowers #Cordyline #CabbageTree #Christchurch

@iangriffin
Nice one! I love cabbage trees in IR. Here's an old favourite of mine, from Weka Pass, Waikari, Canterbury.
#CabbageTree #WekaPass #Canterbury #NZ #NewZealand #Aotearoa #Infrared #Photography #BlackAndWhite #BWPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Pentax*istD #LandscapePhotography

ithink that's a #cabbagetree #palm which is an Indigenous emblem

@aligorith @zeborah I hadn't noticed the smell either. I'll need to get closer and try. Meanwhile, you can eat the roots and shoots.

"It is basically a cold climate sugar cane tree and it used to be tended in groves."

"Have a taste and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how delicious it is. Anyone who has gnawed on a hunk of sugar cane in the tropics will recognise the flavour."

https://thisnzlife.co.nz/3-secrets-getting-best-cabbage-trees/

#NZplants #botany #Cordyline #CabbageTree #TīRākau

@ThymeFlies @feijoatrees
Cabbage trees are suffering from some sort of blight and have been dying from Northland downwards.

It hasn't reached Otago yet and I still have several fine specimens in my garden. Here's a photo of the tī kōuka at my back door, taken just now.

#CabbageTree #TīKōuka